“凡爾賽文學”：低調的炫耀與走紅

河南 陳志強

Step 1 感知·閱讀導航

近日，“凡爾賽文學”突然走紅，雖然名字聽起來像是文藝復興時期的文學類型，實指“以低調的方式進行炫耀”的話語模式，但是點擊熱搜我們可以發現，這種“文學”現在其實是用來調侃貌似低調實則炫耀的人群。讓“凡爾賽文學”更大范圍地進入大眾視野的是蒙淇淇女士。蒙淇淇女士是一名作家，雖然很少有人看過她的書，但是她因為在社交平臺上分享一些日常動態而走紅。 她的粉絲很羨慕她的生活，但是仔細看了看她的動態卻發現，有些地方似乎有待商榷。 她的“凡爾賽文學”風格不斷引起公眾的質疑和群嘲。 眾說紛紜，對此，你又有何見解？

本文是一篇關于熱點話題的時文熱評，就當下流行的“凡爾賽文學”進行了探究。 全文467詞，建議用時7 分鐘。

閱讀目標

1. 了解“凡爾賽文學”的起源、特征、興起的原因和影響。

2. 把握時文熱評類文章的主要結構，掌握“導入→概念→起源→特征→原因→影響→評價”型的文章主線。

3. 探究當下“凡爾賽文學”形成與走紅的社會原因，并就信息時代背景下，如何利用網絡平臺恰當分享私人信息、傳遞積極的價值導向和建立自信這些問題進行探討。

閱讀預熱

Ⅰ. Questionnaire

1. Do you often release any information about your study and daily activities on social media platforms?

□Never. □Seldom. □Sometimes. □Often.

2. What kind of information would you like to release on social media platforms?

□School life. □Family. □Amusement. □Others.

3. What do you think of the information released by you?

□Positive. □Negative. □Influential. □Meaningless.

Ⅱ. Discussion

Do you know about the online writer Meng Qiqi and her Versailles-style words released online?Look at the following two pictures from her blog. How would you feel at her words and what would you say about them? What are the characteristics of her Versailles-style words?

Ⅲ. Prediction

Supposing you're the author of this article, what would you talk about according to the title?

A competition of imitating Versailles-style words was launched on Sina Weibo. Chinese netizens took it as an amusement and jokingly made up their very own humblebrag（自謙式自夸） words.

Similar to the term “humblebrag”, originally used to mock celebrities on Twitter who complain and brag at the same time, “Versailles Literature” is being used by Chinese netizens on social media platforms to describe literary content which pretends to casually show off one's privileged life. The term comes from The Rose of Versailles, a Japanese manga （日本漫畫） about noble and wealthy life at the palace of Versailles in France in the late 18th century, social media celebrity Milk Ball told the Global Times.

Milk Ball once posted a widely discussed video titled Versailles Literature Open Class on Sina Weibo, which summarized the characteristics of Versailles-style words: through reverse （顛倒的） expressions with simple tones to express the feeling of superiority.

Some Chinese TV and film works would contain “humblebrag” reflected in plots in which the lives of ordinary people are rare, while the rich and wealthy become the mainstream. Whether in urban dramas or in youth romantic dramas, lead characters are usually from rich families or have a high-income job that can afford their comfortable life. The extravagant （奢侈的） lifestyles in these dramas and films, and easy success of lead characters, also provide targets and examples for audiences who are in the middle class.

These unrealistic characters are similar to the humblebrag words posted by the Sina Weibo user Meng Qiqi, who, like many other bloggers, has created an enviable character setting for herself: rich,high-status, having access to high-end places randomly, and also receiving her husband's extreme love, giving audiences a misunderstanding that such “perfection” can be found in real life.

In the past, people directly showed their wealth in real interactions. Now, after the new media came into the public's eyes, more people show off in a roundabout way for comparative psychological advantage, believing that it is smarter and more acceptable, Shi Gang, an expert in psychology at the China Agricultural University, told the Global Times.

Some were envious of Meng Qiqi's description, but other netizens thought it was funny and hypocritical （偽善的）.

“At present, many people have a deep inner vanity that cannot be put on the table. Especially in the prevailing Internet economy, some people imagine a wide ‘audience’ and rely on others' watching and promoting them to shape their own identity,” Shi said.

Netizens have set up a Versailles Literature study group on major Chinese media review platform Douban, which currently has more than 34,000 members.

“Every time I read these words, I have mixed feelings, as if I were a poor student. But I have to face a good student who said ‘my grades were terrible as I didn't make much effort’,” said Zhang Yuan, a member of the Versailles Literature study group.

Step 2 理解·文本解讀

Ⅰ. Understanding the genre

What is the genre of this article?

Ⅱ. Summarizing the gist

What does this article focus on?

Ⅲ. Analyzing the structure

Versailles-style

Introduction Definition & 1._____2._____3. _____4._____

Ⅳ. Sorting out basic facts

1. In what case is Versailles Literature being used by Chinese netizens?Where is the term from?

2. What is the characteristic of Versailles-style words?

3. How many factors contribute to the rise of Versailles-style words? What are they?

4. What did netizens think of Meng Qiqi's description?

5. What is the hidden reason for Versailles-style words' popularity according to Shi Gang?

6. In what way are Versailles-style words likely to influence people according to the article?

【點石成金】在閱讀各類文章時，我們都要牢牢把握文章的主要和次要信息。 主要信息是對理解文章主題起到關鍵作用、不可缺少的信息。 主要信息的殘缺會導致對文章主題意義的探究不再完整和深入。 而次要的信息則是對文章主題起不到關鍵作用的、可有可無的信息。

在不同的文體中，主要信息和次要信息有所不同。 作為一篇時文熱評，在閱讀本文時，我們應時時聚焦“凡爾賽文學”這一主題，從而在閱讀完語篇時能夠對“凡爾賽文學”的興起原因、應用場景、主要特征、重要影響和人們對“凡爾賽文學”的評價有一個比較全面和深入的理解。 這種理解也為后期的讀寫結合活動做了較為充分和必要的鋪墊。

以上所提出的六個問題都聚焦文章的主要信息，形成了較為完整的問題鏈。 對于不影響理解“凡爾賽文學”的導入部分，并沒有提出相關問題。

Ⅴ. Exploring the theme

As Versailles-style words are going viral currently, do you think Versailles-style will exist in the long run? Why?

Step 3 運用·讀寫整合

Finding a solution

Read the following passage. Supposing you're Li Hua, what would you say to your mother to decrease your growing pains? Please write a letter to your mother.

Growing pains

Li Hua is suffering growing pains these days. He grows up in a single-parent family.Twelve years ago, his father got killed in a traffic accident. Since then, his mother has been bringing him up alone despite many adversities. She has placed all her hope on Li Hua, who is a top student at school and an apple in her eyes at home. His mother is so proud of him and often releases some information about his academic performance on her WeChat Moments, for which Li Hua is under constant pressure. What should he do?

Dear mom,

Yours sincerely,

Your son, Li Hua

【點石成金】本部分的輸出環節立足于真實的情境去解決真實的問題。語篇以“Growing pains”為小標題概括了主題，正文部分則為情境概述，包括了人物、事件和矛盾三個基本要素。 而矛盾的解決則需要我們在理解兩篇文章的基礎上去進行。 學生首先需要理解“Growing pains”究竟是什么，然后再把“Growing pains”與“Versailles-style words”進行關聯，進而進行遷移和應用，提出針對性的解決措施。 在提出問題的解決方案時，還需要設身處地地理解母親的感受與艱辛，讓交流得體而富有真情，讓說理充分而富有條理。

Step 4 提升·素養建構

一、凡爾賽宮

凡爾賽宮（法文：Chateau de Versailles）是巴黎著名的宮殿之一。時下，與凡爾賽宮有一定淵源的“凡爾賽”一詞常成為高貴、奢華的代名詞。 與其相關的“凡爾賽文學”則指通過先抑后揚、自問自答的方式或第三人稱視角，不經意間露出“貴族生活的線索”的“文學”形式，深諳“凡爾賽文學”的人，被稱為“凡爾賽人”。

更多關于凡爾賽宮的介紹，請參閱P33 文章A glimpse of Palace of Versailles。

二、真實的高貴

All superiority does not come from appearance, body, knowledge, family, wealth, status,achievements or power; it comes only from the lack of horizons and compassion.

所有的優越感都不是來自容貌、身材、知識、家族、財富、地位、成就和權力，它只來自缺乏見識和悲憫。 （孟非，主持人）

A truly rich man never shows off anything he has. He doesn't tell anyone what books he has read, what car he has driven, where he has been, how many clothes he has, or what jewelry he has bought, because he has no sense of inferiority.

內心真正富足的人，從不炫耀他所擁有的一切。 他不會告訴別人他讀過什么書、開過什么車、去過什么地方、有多少件衣裳、買過什么珠寶，因為他沒有自卑感。 （亦舒，作家）

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

比他人優越并無任何高貴之處。 真正的高貴在于超越過去的自我。 （歐內斯特·米勒爾·海明威，美國作家）

A truly strong person does not need to obtain a sense of security from the outside world, nor does he need to rely on the recognition, appreciation or affirmation of others. He will only be down-to-earth,do his best in material life, pursue spiritual prosperity, and constantly improve his inner accomplishment.

真正內心強大的人，不需要從外界獲得安全感，也無須依賴于他人的認可、欣賞和肯定。 他只會腳踏實地，對物質生活量力而行，追求精神上的富足，不斷完善內在修養。